THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 21 APRIL 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005973762
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: April 21, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
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DAILY BRIEF
21 APRIL 1967
1. North Vietnam
2. Communist China
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Premier Chou En-lai remains Peking's
chief spokesman, but he may be losing
ground to the radicals. Some of the more
rational policies Chou put into effect in
February have lately been reversed. The
heavy attacks on his protege,.Foreign
Minister Chen Yl, are also part of the
picture.
Chou has, as best we can determine,
been running China with very little help.
The new politburo installed last August
had 25 members; the leadership's scorpion-
- in-a-bottle performance has left only
seven of these active and clearly in good
standing. The seven include Mao,.Lin
Piao, Chou himself, one propagandist, two
policemen, and one economic administrator.
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3. Sino-Soviet
4. West Germany
Peking's deep hatred for the Soviet
leadership came out in a discussion
late last month.
Chou again charged Moscow with se-
cret US-,Soviet collusion against China
and accused the Russians of undercutting
Nasir's efforts to inspire revolt in South
Arabia. .Chou even said he was thinking
of ending the periodic talks in Warsaw
between the Chinese and US ambassadors be-
cause the talks were exploited by the So-
viets.
Hanoi had-re-
leased the letters between President
Johnson and Ho Chi Minh because the North
'Vietnamese wanted to make it clear that
no meaningful discussions were-underway.
This is much the same line taken in Hanoi
propaganda,
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5, Non-Proliferation Yesterday the North Atlantic Council
?Treaty gave the US its approval to move ahead in
talks with the Soviets aimed at getting a
draft treaty on the table when the 18 Na-
tion Disarmament Committee meets at Geneva
on 9 May.
6. France
7. Greece
.Neither the Italians nor the Germans,
however, are committed to any treaty draft
and still have major reservations. They
are reluctant .about provisions on safe-
guards and those which might preclude a
European nuclear defense community some-
time in the future. They also would like
any treaty to have an expiration date.
The French do not intend to sign a
non-proliferation treaty.
The government of Premier Kanellopoulos
was toppled early this morning by a group
of military officers ?in a fast-moving, well-
planned coup,
One of the military's first acts was
to arrest left-wing leader Andreas-Papandreou
Kanellopoulos also
has been taken into custody and a guard has
been placed around the palace.
.The army controls Athens and the city
is quiet. There appears to be no danger
to Americans.
The coup is not likely to affect Greek
relations with the US.
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